Dish-washer.



J. E. GRIBBEN.

DISH WASHER.

APPLICATION 11,111) MAY .16, 1912.

1,034,229. v "Patented July 30,1912.

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J. E. GRIBBEN.

DISK WASHER. APPLIOATION'FILED MAY 16, 1912.

Patented July 30, 1912.

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OF DRAVOSB'UBG, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISH-WASHER.

To all whom it mhy concern Be it known that I, JoHN E. Gnrnenn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dravosburg, in the county ofAlleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dish- Washers; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing appas ratus, and more especially todish cleaners; and the object of the same is to improve the constructionof the water Wheel and drain in such a device for the purposes set forthbelow.

To this end the invention consists in the details of constructiondescribed and claimed herein, and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1is a side elevation with part of the power wheel broken away, Fig. 2 isa central vertical longitudinal section, Fig. 3, is a plan view with thecover removed, and Fig.,4 is a central vertical transverse section.

Mounted on legs 1 is a body comprising two wooden side inernbers 2 ra'bbeted along their upper edges as at; 3 for the metal cover 4, and asheet metal strip constituting the ends 5 and bottom 6 of the. tub orbody and depressed at its mid-length into a transverse channel orpocket;7 which forms an essential feature 'of the present invention. The bodymay have handles 8 and the cover handles 9. The size and proportionofparts are not important, and changes ma be made in the details-of thebody as wel as in the details of the working mechanism yet to bedescribed.

The dasher comprises a transverse shaft 10 journaled in the sides 2 andcarrying a plurality of disks 11 from which project radial blades 12,Across the interior of the latter from side to side is secured a battleboard or plate 13 forming an essentialv feature of the presentinvention, and this plate stands be- .low the dasher and is wider thanthe open uppervend of the channel 7 so that two inlets 14 to the latterare provided. When the dasher is rotated by mechanism yet to bedescribed, its blades 12 spatter the water in all directions, and theparticles of dirt upon the dishes or other articles being cleaned aredriven outward against the ends 5 of the body as well as against itssides 2, down which said particles move, and finally I the depth of thelatter) will s an.

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they into the inlets 14C and accumulate within the channel 7 from whichthey can be withdrawn through a suitable vent 153 from time to time.However, the striking of the blades 12 upon the water (whatever at thebut will have no effect upon the currents flowing al the bottom ofthebody and toward in tail of construction 1' consider important.

The operating mechanism by preference comprises a gear 20 mounted on oneof the extremities of the shaft 1% and meshing with the inwardlyprojecting teeth 210i a cup-shaped gear 22 forming the driving wheel.This larger gear'is upon the outer face of one of the sides 2, andcarries a handle 24 by nieans'of which the operator may rotate itwitho'ut'danger of his or her clothing becoming entangled in theinterineshing teeth because of the fact that the latter are thoroughlyseen in the drawings.

dishes may be employed, so long as'it is of a properisize and. shape tobe inserted in the body when the cover a is raised, care being taken tokeep it remote from the blades 12 of the .dasher' so that it will not bestruck thereby during the rotation of such dasher.

In use one or dishes are inserted into the body, and the latter is,filled to the desired height with water and suds. The handle 24; isgrasped by the operator and rotated rapidly, and the driving gear 22through the-,teeth 21 rotates the driven gear 20 and shaftlO, and thelat ter causes the dasher to rotate rapidly within the body so that aseach blade 12 strikes upon the surfaceof the water the same'is spatteredin all directions upon and past the dishes which are by preferencedisposed on edge for an obvious reason. The dirty water and sedimenttherein accumulate-on.

the same, along u on the water they produce the splash 1 wnch washes thedishes, btit in descending they pass over the "ha-hie plate 13 whichcovers and protects the fore no currents are set up in and across thechannel which wouldwash the sediment M, and this do.

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two of the racks containing channel 'Z, and there- '1 out of it, andthis detail of construction I permitted to escape.

What is claimed. as new is:

In a dish Washer, the combination with a body comprising upright sides,a metal strip forming the ends and bottom and provided at its mid-lengthwith a depressed channel for sediment, means for venting the channel,and a baflle plate secured across the interior of the body above saidchannel and having inlets under its edges;-0I' a rotary dasher journaledwithin said body above the bailie plate, and means for drlving the(hisher 1 from the exterior of the body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence of twosubscribing wit; nesses.

i JOHN E. GRIBBEN. l Viitnesses I \V T. FeN'roN,

I J. T. Morrow.

